Breaking in speaker cables??

I agree with Zman. There has to be a load. I have always put the speakers face to face, a few inches apart and wired one speaker out of phase. This will cancel out alot of the sound. Turn them up a little. Then put a blanket over them. This works VERY well.

We used this method in every store I've ever owned.

NO, you need a load at the other end. Look in the archives using keywords...speaker cable burn in.

I would do what Mofimadness recommends. The only think I would add is to play white noise. That will make a big difference, as well.

Thanks guys, I figured you needed to connect them, just wasn't sure why, but now I know! Does the volume level make a difference?

"Can you break speaker cables in with the speaker disconnected"

eeerrrrrrr current has to flow. don't it? Of course it really does not matter since 'break in' in just part of high-end nonsense.